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Meet the African startups at Techstars New York Class of Spring 2022

Out of the 12 companies selected for the Techstars New York (Techstars NYC) Class of Spring 2022, three are African tech companies.

Funding

MarketForce closes the largest Series A round in East and Central Africa

Retail payment startup, MarketForce has closed a $40 million Series A round led by V8 Capital Partners to scale merchant inventory financing through a BNPL offering

News

How these six African founders scaled their startups

In the Zero to Scale series this year, six founders shared how they were able to build and scale their startups; we compiled six lessons out of their experiences.

Opinion

How to be an angel investor with less than $3,000 (₦1.2 million) in Nigeria

How to be an angel investor with less than $3,000: Join an angel network, join a syndicate or angel group, and use tokenized equity platforms like GetEquity and WeFunder.

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African tech startups jointly raised over $4.27 billion in 800+ deals in 2021

In 2021, tech startups operating across Africa have jointly raised over $4.27 billion in 800+ deals, this record quadruped the $1.1 billion that was pumped into the continent amidst the pandemic last year.

News

How Taxmingo is changing the taxation landscape for small businesses in Africa

Taxmingo hopes to leverage its cloud-based tax management solution to help SMEs meet tax obligations and allow the SME operators to focus their energies on growing their businesses.

Spotlight

PodRoom is bringing podcasters closer to their communities

PodRoom is built on the idea that podcast creators and their listeners deserve their own communities.

News

Sherpa launch $1M Basecamp Fund to support pre-seed African startups

Aaron Fu, ex-iROKO CCO Nikhil Patel and ex-Uber launcher in Niger and Kenya Alastair Curtis have launched a $1 million Basecamp Fund to support pre-seed African startups.

News

Oui Capital invests in Mauritius first app-based mobility startup, Vite

Oui Capital—an Africa-focused venture capital firm—has made an undisclosed pre-seed investment in Vite Technologies, the first app-based mobility startup in Mauritius

News

Andela’s official launch in Egypt and the agreement with ITIDA

Andela has officially launched in Egypt with more than 80 senior developers hired. It also signed an agreement with the Information Technology Industry and Development Agency (ITIDA).

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